why did zab stop throwing?

[fluent2332]

He was connecting with that left uppercut early in the fight and threw it sparingly after. The low blows could have had an effect, but I felt like it was Cotto's consistent pressure that forced Zab to throw less and cover up more.

yeah, cotto is a beast in terms of pressure-fighting, he fights the full 3 minutes and doesnt take a second off, its crazy

but it still seems strange that zab just stopped throwing punches after the 2nd low blow. was cotto's pressure really that great that zab couldnt even throw that left uppercut? i don't know

[deuce_drop]

the first 3 rounds he had cotto hurt twice, 3 times total in the fight. zab was landing the left uppercut easily and snapping cottos head with each shot. why'd he stop throwing the left? it wasnt like cotto was making him pay for throwing it, zab hadn't been hit much up to round 4 and was hitting cotto at will. after round 4 it was like he kept waiting and waiting and never threw a meaningful punch

bodyshots and pressure, two things zab judah don't take well.............

[BROOKLYN CESAR]

the first 3 rounds he had cotto hurt twice, 3 times total in the fight. zab was landing the left uppercut easily and snapping cottos head with each shot. why'd he stop throwing the left? it wasnt like cotto was making him pay for throwing it, zab hadn't been hit much up to round 4 and was hitting cotto at will. after round 4 it was like he kept waiting and waiting and never threw a meaningful punch

In the end i think Zab beat himself once agian!!! Very hard to take this loss!!! He was right in this fight and like you said and he was very effective but fighting in spurts isnt enough to beat cotto!!! Zab is still my man and ill be hoping he can comeback from this!!!

[Left2body]

ring rust. he had 2 minutes in a ring IN 2 YEARS!!! He doesnt think very well and his manager neither. What he needed to do is what was done for fighters like ODLH and other good fighters... Before cotto a rematch with the australian, kosta tsyzu i think thats his name. He should win that if he doesnt get KTFO again keeping his hands up. work another veteran after that. THEN COTTO. he was too much ring rust and now he can very well become a can. i dont think stamina will bless zab again (he's 29) and his chin isnt the best as well. He has power and speed in early rounds but i just dont know i'm still a fan though. Cotto i will not even talk about... that nut punching ..... grr

Wrong you freakin IDIOT. 14months ago he went 12 rounds with PBF.

[fluent2332]

bodyshots and pressure, two things zab judah don't take well.............

i'll give u pressure but im not buying body shots...zab stopped throwing before cotto landed anything significant to the body. cotto never really hurt zab to the body or landed many body shots like he normally does either

zab just didnt let his hands go for some reason. when he did he was busting cotto up. he just stopped doing it

[squealpiggy]

It's like having a hot intense sex w/ your chick and the phone rings or something happens that throws off your rhythm and you end up getting out of sync

Having sex with your girlfriend is like getting punched in the nuts? Man you need another girlfriend!

[Derranged]

ring rust. he had 2 minutes in a ring IN 2 YEARS!!! He doesnt think very well and his manager neither. What he needed to do is what was done for fighters like ODLH and other good fighters... Before cotto a rematch with the australian, kosta tsyzu i think thats his name. He should win that if he doesnt get KTFO again keeping his hands up. work another veteran after that. THEN COTTO. he was too much ring rust and now he can very well become a can. i dont think stamina will bless zab again (he's 29) and his chin isnt the best as well. He has power and speed in early rounds but i just dont know i'm still a fan though. Cotto i will not even talk about... that nut punching ..... grr

I agree. He should not have taken this fight at this time.

Zab just did not look good. He looked sluggish early, and went into defensive survivial mode much earlier than he usually does. All he kept doing was trying to land that counter left uppercut. Very dissapointed.

[PRboxingfan]

ring rust. he had 2 minutes in a ring IN 2 YEARS!!! He doesnt think very well and his manager neither. What he needed to do is what was done for fighters like ODLH and other good fighters... Before cotto a rematch with the australian, kosta tsyzu i think thats his name. He should win that if he doesnt get KTFO again keeping his hands up. work another veteran after that. THEN COTTO. he was too much ring rust and now he can very well become a can. i dont think stamina will bless zab again (he's 29) and his chin isnt the best as well. He has power and speed in early rounds but i just dont know i'm still a fan though. Cotto i will not even talk about... that nut punching ..... grr

You're a moron, you know that? You state your uninformed "facts" and then base everything else around it.

In the last two years, Zab has fought 25 rounds, not 2 minutes. He had 12 rounds against Baldomir in January of 06 (that's a year and a half ago, in case you can't look at a calendar), 12 rounds against PBF in April 06, and one round against Galvan. I don't know about the math where you live, but that's 25 rounds in the rest of the world.


Cotto applied too much pressure. I told you guys months before the fight that Judah cannot fight going backwards. That's why he "stopped throwing" against Cotto. The two accidental fouls were just that. The second time was actually CAUSED BY JUDAH when he pulled Miguel's head down while he was punching.

[Mishra100]

Oscar De La Hoya disease.

[Kayjay's Ghost]

I have some respect for Zab for the way he took his beating, but at the same time he was looking reluctantly for an exit.

Ant hte reason he 'stopped throwing' is that his opponent was the better fighter in the ring and was beating the **** out of him.